Painting makes me feel alive. I love the materiality of the process, the feel of knife on canvas or wood, seeing what paint does as I move it in different ways, seeing how colors impact each other, change each other. It makes me think about how individualized all perception is, and also about how small shifts can change a whole view. Painting intuitively shakes up the way I see things, fuels my curiosity, gives me a sense of wonder, makes me more open to life and new experiences. I paint to free myself, sometimes with intention, sometimes just to play, always to learn. The finished product tells me its title, and I hope it reflects an inner landscape that is universal, in that we humans are complex, messy, loving, colorful, curious creatures, always in process, never finished, always in motion in some way.